Waffle is also a type of fabric weave. My suspicion is that the pastry is more influenced by the fabric than by honeycombs, as honeycombs are hexagonal, but the fabric is typically square.
Triaxial weaving is much more complex than biaxial, hence square waffle fabric. But there’s minimal extra effort to make a mold with hexagonal lugs for a waffle iron. If the waffle iron were directly inspired by honeycomb, one would expect to find many waffle irons with hexagonal designs. Yet square is the most common design by far, with the distant second being diamond. Even among antique irons, where you can find more ornate designs, you see floral patterns and scrollwork, but no hexagons.
Waffle is also a type of fabric weave. My suspicion is that the pastry is more influenced by the fabric than by honeycombs, as honeycombs are hexagonal, but the fabric is typically square.
Presumably they’re imprecisely referring to the pattern of the weave with “honeycomb pattern”
Triaxial weaving is much more complex than biaxial, hence square waffle fabric. But there’s minimal extra effort to make a mold with hexagonal lugs for a waffle iron. If the waffle iron were directly inspired by honeycomb, one would expect to find many waffle irons with hexagonal designs. Yet square is the most common design by far, with the distant second being diamond. Even among antique irons, where you can find more ornate designs, you see floral patterns and scrollwork, but no hexagons.
Are you agreeing with me?
Yes, but I’m elaborating on my argument that waffle fabric is metaphorically like honeycomb, and waffle irons are metaphorically like waffle fabric.